Definition of "santal" []

• A colourless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood. (noun)

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• "-- The odophone shows that santal, geranium, orange flower and camphor, make a bouquet in the key of C."
• "Some are fragrant oils, as, for example, clove, santal, and thyme; others are fragrant gums, such as gum bezoin and myrrh."
• "Edward Dunsack recognized the scents that stirred from her, more Eastern and disturbing even than opium: there was a subtle natural odor of musk, the perfumes of henna and clove blossoms and santal."